First, let's get the bad news out the way. EA failed to give fans a Beta release date for the game and currently all we know it that it's coming "this fall".

Now the exciting stuff, starting with the epic looking multiplay trailer which you can watch below.

It looks promising and gives a look at all three Star Wars eras (original trilogy, prequels, and the Force Awakens) along with plenty of the new features coming to the game.

The majority of the trailer focuses on the Battle of Theed, showing fans a glimpse of what to expect from the prequel maps, droids and clones in the midst of the fight.

We also get a look at Darth Maul tearing it up.

There's also glimpses of the original trilogy, but it's mainly updated graphics of what we've been playing for some time already.

Then we get to see a little bit of The Force Awakens gameplay, but it's limited to Rey and Kylo Ren battling it out with their lightsabres.

One other thing to mention though on that Prequel content, we've also learned that Finn, via a short pre-recorded interview with John Boyega, is coming to the game along with Captain Phasma as part of the 'first season' of DLC. which is free for

It'll be free for everyone, and offer themed seasons of content, with the first season obviously themed around The Last Jedi with the new film due out at the end of the year.

Finally, the trailer ended with a brief glimpse of the single-player campaign, with actress Janina Gavankar playing Iden Versio, the Elite Imperial Trooper who witnesses the destruction of the second Death Star.

While on stage Gavankar also announced that the game contains 3 times more content than the original.

On the evidence of what we've seen so far today, that's hardly surprising.

Stay tuned for more news as E3 2017 progresses...

EA PLAY 2017 UPDATE 1

The EA Play 2017 live stream is set to kick off in just under 30 minutes time at 8pmBST.

EA Predict the Pre-E3 2017 event will last around 90 minutes and showcase plenty of new gameplay, trailer, release dates and more for some of the publishers biggest new games.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 gameplay may have leaked already, but it shouldn't detract from what will surely be a MASSIVE new reveal.

Fans can watch the new live stream using a number of different services, including YouTube and Twitch.

Enjoy the EA Play E3 2017 live stream and let us know in the comments what you enjoy the look of most!

Star Wars Battlefront 2 Screenshots

Live the untold Star Wars story of Iden, an elite Stormtrooper, in an original single-player story. Battle on land and in space in an expanded multiplayer experience with iconic heroes and villains, thrilling space battles, and a deep progression and customization system.

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EA Play gets underway later today when EA finally lift the curtain on E3 2017 with their opening showcase from Hollywood, the live stream is set to start Saturday, June 10 (today) at 12pm PT/3pm ET/8pm BST and will kick start a week of blockbuster news and announcements from various third-party publishers and console makers from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.

The biggest new release for EA this year is undoubtedly the return and vastly superior looking sequel to Star Wars Battlefront.

While it might be cliche to suggest that EA's Star Wars inspired shooter is returning bigger and better than before, it is probably the most fitting way to describe the new game.

For one thing, this game is launching with a fully fledged campaign story mode that surprisingly and rather refreshingly focuses on a TIE fighter pilot from the Empire, hell bent on seeking revenge.

When the game was revealed back at SWC 2017 there were quite a bit of single-player details but so far, there's been next to nothing in terms of gameplay footage.

EA Play should fix that, with the publisher promising to showcase a 40-player assault mode on Theed (the capital city of Naboo from Star Wars Episode 1).

We'll also have a look at a Naboo N-1 Starfighter, which DICE’s Dennis Brännvall has confirmed will be pilotable in the game.

As cheesy as it may be, the force is definitely looking strong with this one.

STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT 2 - WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW

As we mentioned before, players will get the chance to experience a brand new story mode, a feature that the first Battlefront was so dreadfully in need of.

Interestingly this new campaign will instead focus on a TIE fighter pilot from the dark side known as Iden Versio, voiced by Janina Gavankar of True Blood and Sleepy Hollow TV fame.

The Inferno Squad soldier is supposedly one of the elite soldiers of the Empire and Iden promises that she will seek revenge on the rebeals after watching the destruction of Death Star II while on Endor at the end of Return of the Jedi.

EA has also confirmed that players won't be exclusively playing at a member of the Empire for the whole campaign.

DICE has promised that there will be at least one mission, where Star Wars fans can wield the green lightsaber of Luke Skywalker.

MULTIPLAYER

In truth, it was hard to complain about the Star Wars Battlefront Multiplayer because, not only was it quite enjoyable, but also, it was DICE's primary focus throughout the games release.

The developers know what they're doing and the worse you could say is that they were somewhat shackled by only being able to ridicly stick to characters, weapons, planets and ships from the original Star Wars trilogy.

Battlefront 2, however, will have more freedom and that means players can look forward to much of the same, but with the added benefit of extra content taken from Star Wars 1, 2 and 3, and the more sequels of Star Wars The Force Awakens and (coming this year) Last Jedi film.

That means more hereoes to master like Darth Maul, Obi Wan, Rey and Kylo Ren. More ships, like the already confirmed Naboo Starfighter and more maps/planets such the Assault on Theed which shall be showcased during EA Play.

BETTER SHIPS

Developers at Criterion - famous for their work on the Burnout series and the studio behind last year’s Star Wars Battlefront Rogue One: X-wing VR mission - are being tasked with overhauling the vehicular gameplay.

While not bad, this side of the game was definately one of the weaker aspects of the original Battlefront's multiplayer matches, so it's good to see a dedicate developer overseeing just this one side of the game.

Plus, this might mean we get to see more excellent looking VR content for PlayStation VR too.

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